{"id":5049,"date":"2011-11-15T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2011-11-15T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:00:53","slug":"zombie-inspired-product-launches-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/zombie-inspired-product-launches-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie-Inspired Product Launches In December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the AMC channel.<\/p>\n<p>They have cool shows like &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; and &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221;. And, believe it or not, they do something I&#8217;ve used for the last few years to create some seriously profitable product launches and special sales with email.<\/p>\n<p>Something easy and simple.<\/p>\n<p>And that gets <em>exponentially<\/em> more sales than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know what it is?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;ll give you a hint:<\/p>\n<p>If you watched (for example) AMC throughout the day they launched the second season of &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221; a few weeks back, you probably noticed a count down timer on the screen moving towards the time when the new episode airs.<\/p>\n<p>It counted down ALL day.<\/p>\n<p>And it was there constantly during all their shows.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, they continually plugged the premiere episode in commercials throughout the day, too, so you couldn&#8217;t possibly NOT know about it.<\/p>\n<p>The result?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extremely HIGH ratings!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(The highest ratings for a drama in basic cable history.)<\/p>\n<p>People couldn&#8217;t <em>help<\/em> but watch.<\/p>\n<p>(Even if they had no desire to before).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, so there&#8217;s the hint.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a powerful concept that&#8217;s one part of my email launch\/special sale process (I use it for both) that has worked like gangbusters.<\/p>\n<p>Not just for me, but clients, too.<\/p>\n<p>(Plus, also friends I&#8217;ve shown it to.)<\/p>\n<p>And you know what?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m teaching this in the December &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue<\/p>\n<p>And, I&#8217;m teaching it with a real-life example &#8212; with the entire process (and all the emails used) psychoanalyzed and handed to you on a silver platter so you can sally forth and do thou likewise.<\/p>\n<p>But this baby goes to print soon.<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe in time go to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the AMC channel. 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